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brenjay91
New Spectator
2 years ago

Hurricane Shannon

I gave a sim named Shannon the high maintenance trait along with the perfection trait and one other that I can’t remember but it was a positive one and she is the most hot headed erratic sim I’ve ever created.
And no those Two traits I just mentioned I did not give her. I couldn’t stop laughing because I moved her in with five other sims. The first few sim hours she was so sweet and then it was like hurricane Shannon.

She went from not just being angry to very angry and has ever since when she gets mad. There’s no just angry. She’s very angry when she is. My other sims living with her now avoid her. If she comes into the room they typically would all scatter to another room all together as if they were afraid of her as she stomped around complaining and then she would randomly yell and insult everyone living with her. Another female sim I created named Deeana even came to check on her on what point and she got screamed at and insulted for it. This male seem I created is funny too because he kept getting flirty when ever he was around Shannon. Granted Shannon is a very beautiful and she’s the only one to have got him flirty so far, but she can’t stand him!

He flirted with her a couple times and she yelled and insulted him after he did flirted multiple times and even after she insulted him and yelled he still sat there and took it with the flirty emotion he didn’t even get mad! Which I’ve never seen, if a sim is angry and being mean to another it seems to always make the other sim angry but he just sat there and took it and went back for more by trying to flirt with her. I was laughing so hard because he was Inamored of her.

And she was looking at him like he was stupid and acting like she wanted him to leave her alone. She tends to have a lot of bad dreams too and has waken up a couple times crying because of it. Oh and when she’s happy she will still stomp around the apartment with a smile on her face at times. She is literally one of a kind.

Her and Kazen, Kazen is the one I made who kept flirting with her and didn’t let it get to him that she was being so mean too but kept perusing her, I think he’s finally learned it isn’t going to happen, and now he leaves the room if she stomps in with the others. And he’s been tense from aggravating conversations with her since. But he’s the most calm collected sim I’ve ever had. And then another sim I created spends most of his days before I got them jobs outside of the apartments he’s very anti social when it comes to all of them. I don’t think he enjoys living with any of them. And I did not give him any traits to make him anti social but I think he is scared of Hurricane Shannon too. Hurricane Shannon wants to have a kid it shows under her wants. But I don’t know if that’s a good idea, I feel bad for who over the guy is she ends up and the kid she has because she is goes haywire for no particular reason.

I did make her hate the color green, and the toilet in the apartment is green and when she went into the bathroom. She looked at it and got this really angry look on her face and it sent her into almost a rage. She went from being fine to being very angry, and that’s what set her off for the day. It is hilarious to watch and funny to see how the sims around her seem to react to it. So I call her hurricane Shannon. She is very pretty so I do think sims will be attracted to her until she opens her mouth, and maybe even still like Kazen. Or maybe Kazen is one of a kind as well. But I know Hurricane Shannon wants a family and I don’t know if that’s good for anyone involved. Lol. Just thought I would share, because I hadn’t played the sims 4 for like 3 or 4 months now. And I have to say I was more impressed with the more personality some of these sims seem to have. It does seem better.

The only thing I noticed I did differently when creating them was give them likes and dislikes of 1-20. Which I didn’t ever do before, I don’t know if that’s the reason for them seemingly having their own personalities, or what? Like I said I just started playing so I don’t know if it’s just these sims that are roomies in this apartment together that act so different or what. But I thought it was a breath of fresh air and hilarious so I wanted to share. I feel like somehow I have Shannon the Diva trait and Kazen the laid back or chill trait. And I don’t know how I did it.
  • What I meant to say is I somehow created a diva trait for hurricane Shannon and somehow created a chill or laid back trait that Kazen seems to have. And I don’t know how I did it.
  • cyncie's avatar
    cyncie
    Seasoned Veteran
    I’ve never thought the sims were as personality bland as some others do. They start off that way, but if you pay attention to their likes/dislikes and add aspiration and reward traits as you can, you can create some personality. Of course, if you play with autonomy off, you’ll never see that.

    I have a sim (Morgyn, in my avatar) who absolutely hates the Cosplayers at GeekCon. That’s not something I set up for him. But, every time one of those costumed characters comes to sit with him at a table, he leaves for the karaoke bar across the street! I love that. Same sim loves thunderstorms (purchased trait), and when he goes out in a storm and gets hit by lightning, he loves it and gets energized. The game says it’s from the erratic trait, but he’s never had that trait. The reaction suits him, though. He loves the lost puppy movie, and hates the zombie movie. Keep in mind that this sim has a whole bunch of traits, beyond the starting three. I’ve played him for a while, and he has quite a few aspiration traits and reward traits, and I’m sure a quite a few hidden traits. One of the things the devs could do to give us more starting personality is to give us more starting trait slots. Three is not enough.
  • Yeah I think some players don’t like the unexpected. But to me that’s what made the first and second game of the series so much fun. Even when the first game came to be they were presenting it and Same sex couples were not suppose to be part of the game.
    And during the presentation two females had a first kiss. Quite the happy accident if you ask me. And because of that the sims became one of a kind game for that time.

    I love the things they do or personalities they seem to create over time. I think it’s what makes the game exciting. Me being a writer, I love to create stories, I get ideas all the time. However when I write it, all I’m really doing is setting the stage because once it’s set, the characters begin to take on a life of their own and I ll think the story is going one direction and then out of nowhere I ll have to change it due to a characters motive or reaction in the story. It never goes as planned.

    And that’s what I use to love about the sims is the surprising stories that could come from it. While I like to set the stage and create circumstances, I don’t like having complete control of what happens to them.
    Even as a writer who loves to write fictional stories I don’t like feeling in complete control. In my opinion it’s how a game like the sims should be. And I’m glad for once I’m finally seeing it in this game.
    Because without that I just can’t get into it. I need the characters to take a little bit of life of their own and then I can be a guiding force. But I don’t want to just force. I want them to form their own personalities and take the wheel and steer while I brake or hit the accelerator.
  • Sounds like fun @Bren91 , I hope you will keep sharing the adventures of Hurricane Shannon :)